Friday, February 6, 2009

This afternoon NPR’s Talk of the Nation: Science Friday radio program, hosted by Ira Flatow, discussed two neat topics: the contamination of Mars by bacteria from Earth, and the new Google Mars maps. Here's the coolest line from the broadcast: "The moon is dead, Jim."

"I'm an optimist. I discard all such dark tomorrows. I have faith in man as God and God as man; I believe we'll be immortal, seed the stars and live forever in the flesh of our children. That's my job as a writer -- to show man his basic goodness, to dramatize his struggle up and away from this planet." -- RB